Cambridge IELTS 11 · Listening · Test 1 · Part 2

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Fiddy Working Heritage Farm

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Part 2 recording

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Questions 11–20

Note completion
11 take care not to harm any ______
12 not touch any ______
13 wear ______
14 not bring ______ into the farm, with certain exceptions.
Plan, map or diagram labelling
15 Scarecrow
16 Maze
17 Café
18 Black Barn
19 Covered picnic area
20 Fiddy House

Answers explained

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Question 11

animal / animals

What you hear

please don’t frighten or injure the animals

Why

The guide's first piece of advice is not to frighten or injure the animals on this working farm. 'Animals' is the noun that fits 'harm any', and either singular or plural is accepted. The rare breeds she mentions next are a reason for care, not a different answer.
Question 12

tool / tools

What you hear

stay at a safe distance from the tools

Why

Tools are the danger here: visitors must keep a safe distance because some have sharp points, and the guide says please don’t touch them. The earlier warning about animals is a different instruction, so that word belongs in the first note only.
Question 13

shoes

What you hear

I’m glad to see you’re all wearing shoes

Why

She says the ground is uneven and sandals could cause a slip, then says she is glad everyone has shoes on. The word 'sandals' is only mentioned as something to avoid, so it would be the wrong thing to write in the gap.
Question 14

dog / dogs

What you hear

they’ll have to stay in the car park unless they’re guide dogs

Why

Children are welcome, and even very young ones love the ducks and lambs, so they are not the banned item. Dogs are: they must wait in the car park unless they are guide dogs, which is the ‘certain exceptions’ in the note. Dog or dogs is accepted.
Question 15

F

What you hear

in the car park in the corner, beside the main path

Why

The scarecrow stands in the car park corner beside the main path, and the guide has just said the car park is on the left. On the plan, F is the corner of the car park touching the main path. I is also inside the car park, but further from the path, near the entrance.
Question 16

G

What you hear

opposite the New Barn, beside the side path

Why

The maze is straight ahead, opposite the New Barn and beside the side path that branches off to the right, so it sits inside the loop that path makes: G. D, E and H lie outside that path, on its far side, so they suit the buildings reached along it rather than a hedge maze.
Question 17

D

What you hear

go towards the bridge and turn right just before it

Why

Turn right just before the bridge over the fish pool, walk along the side path, and the café is on the first bend: D, near the pool end of that path. The Black Barn is on the same path but reached from the opposite end, and E sits between them along the straight stretch.
Question 18

H

What you hear

you’ll come to the Black Barn just where the path first bends

Why

From the New Barn, take the side path to the right and the Black Barn appears where it first bends: H, at the bottom corner. Count the bend from the New Barn end, not from the pool, or you will land on D, which is the café’s bend.
Question 19

C

What you hear

just after you cross the bridge, there’s a covered picnic spot on the right

Why

After crossing the bridge, the covered picnic spot is on the right, which on the plan is C, beside the main path just north of the pool. B is the farmyard building on the left, and the open-field picnic option has no letter on the map.
Question 20

A

What you hear

cross the bridge then walk along the footpath through the field to the left of the farmyard

Why

To see Fiddy House, visitors cross the bridge and follow the footpath through the field to the left of the farmyard, ending at A. She adds that it is a private home, so people can photograph it but not go inside.

Part 2 audioscript

Part 2 · audioscript

Welcome to the Fiddy Working Heritage Farm. This open-air museum gives you the experience of agriculture and rural life in the English countryside at the end of the nineteenth century. So you’ll see a typical farm of that period, and like me, all the staff are dressed in clothes of that time.

I must give you some advice and safety tips before we go any further. As it’s a working farm, please don’t frighten or injure the animals. We have a lot here, and many of them are breeds that are now quite rare.

And do stay at a safe distance from the tools: some of them have sharp points which can be pretty dangerous, so please don’t touch them. We don’t want any accidents, do we?

The ground is very uneven, and you might slip if you’re wearing sandals so I’m glad to see you’re all wearing shoes - we always advise people to do that.

Now, children of all ages are very welcome here, and usually even very young children love the ducks and lambs, so do bring them along next time you come.

I don’t think any of you have brought dogs with you, but in case you have, I’m afraid they’ll have to stay in the car park unless they’re guide dogs. I’m sure you’ll understand that they could cause a lot of problems on a farm.

Now let me give you some idea of the layout of the farm. The building where you bought your tickets is the New Barn, immediately to your right, and we’re now at the beginning of the main path to the farmland - and of course the car park is on your left. The scarecrow you can see in the car park in the corner, beside the main path, is a traditional figure for keeping the birds away from crops, but our scarecrow is a permanent sculpture. It’s taller than a human being, so you can see it from quite a distance.

If you look ahead of you, you’ll see a maze. It’s opposite the New Barn, beside the side path that branches off to the right just over there. The maze is made out of hedges which are too tall for young children to see over them, but it’s quite small, so you can’t get lost in it!

Now, can you see the bridge crossing the fish pool further up the main path? If you want to go to the café, go towards the bridge and turn right just before it. Walk along the side path and the café’s on the first bend you come to. The building was originally the schoolhouse, and it’s well over a hundred years old.

As you may know, we run skills workshops here, where you can learn traditional crafts like woodwork and basket-making. You can see examples of the work, and talk to someone about the courses, in the Black Barn. If you take the side path to the right, here, just by the New Barn, you’ll come to the Black Barn just where the path first bends.

Now I mustn’t forget to tell you about picnicking, as I can see some of you have brought your lunch with you. You can picnic in the field, though do clear up behind you, of course. Or if you’d prefer a covered picnic area, there’s one near the farmyard: just after you cross the bridge, there’s a covered picnic spot on the right.

And the last thing to mention is Fiddy House itself. From here you can cross the bridge then walk along the footpath through the field to the left of the farmyard. That goes to the house, and it’ll give you a lovely view of it. It’s certainly worth a few photographs, but as it’s a private home, I’m afraid you can’t go inside.

Right. Well, if you’re all ready, we’ll set off on our tour of the farm.

Part 2 recording

Questions 11–20

Answers explained

Question 11

Question 12

Question 13

Question 14

Question 15

Question 16

Question 17

Question 18

Question 19

Question 20

Part 2 audioscript